This website was created by Andrew Falconer as a marketing tool for his metallurgical consulting business TiTan Metallurgical Services (TTMS), and to provide free introductory information to persons interested in the following subjects:

· mineral, silica and iron sands processing

· tin, tungsten and tantalum processing

· gravity separation

· magnetic separation

· electrostatic separation

· screening, classifying and dewatering

· metallurgical accounting

Andrew has a Bachelors Degree BSc (honours) in Minerals Engineering from Birmingham University, UK, graduating in 1973, and a Masters Degree M.Min.Tech from Otago University, NZ, graduating in 1979.

Andrew has since accumulated over 35 years experience in these subjects, and has had many metallurgical roles in operations and development, primarily in the titanium (mineral sands), tantalum, tin and tungsten mineral processing industries, both in Australia and overseas.

Since 2004 Andrew has been assisting primarily the mineral sands, silica sands, iron sands, tantalum, tin and tungsten processing industries as an independent self employed metallurgist under the name of TiTan Metallurgical Services (TTMS).

The PORTFOLIO page of this website, provides brief summaries of the projects that TTMS has been involved in from 2004 to date.

The MINERAL, SILICA AND IRON SANDS page provides information on the physical properties of these minerals, the mining and processing methods involved and a listing of current major operating mines with links to the latter.

The TIN, TUNGSTEN AND TANTALUM page provides information on the physical properties of these minerals, the mining and processing methods involved and a listing of current major operating mines with links to the latter.